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"Versatile, with a shimmering rich sound and compelling stage presence Martha Harreiter instantly captivates her audience.
Her warm soprano voice exudes beauty, light and excitement."
As a specialist in fine colours and nuances, Martha Harreiter's artistic focus lies in Lied and concert. She is a Fellow of the Heidelberg Lied Academy with Thomas Hampson and holds scholarships of the Int. Summer Academy Mozarteum with Wolfgang Holzmair and the Margreet Honig Summer Academy.
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Martha Harreiter performs Lied programs in Austria and beyond. Her repertoire ranges from early Baroque to Classical, Romantic (German Lied, French Mélodie) and Modern. Her accompanists include Stephan Matthias Lademann, Markus Hadulla, Ammiel Bushakevitz, Yuto Kiguchi, Joseph Avila, Stephen Delaney, Donna Chan and Daniel Beskow. Together with pianist D. Beskow, she presents a thematic concert format entitled ‘The Magic of Serenity’ with works and texts about and related to Wolfgang A. Mozart. Martha Harreiter is passionate about female composers, their art and their significance for the Lied. Also, she is dedicated to developing new concert programs and is a co-founder of interdisciplinary art projects.
In concert, Martha Harreiter has sung Wolfgang A. Mozart's Great Mass in C minor under Erwin Ortner in St. Pölten Cathedral, Mozart's Coronation Mass with the Vienna Ensemble and Felix Mendelssohn's hymn ‘Hör mein Bitten’ (Hear my prayer). Her concert activities focus on works by Wolfgang A. Mozart, such as various masses, concert arias, his ‘Exsultate, jubilate’ and the Mozart Requiem. Other highlights of her concert activities include masses by Joseph Haydn and Franz Schubert as well as sacred works of the Romantic period.
Martha Harreiter also performs chamber music, a.o. with Joseph Avila and Nora Romanoff-Schwarzberg. She has performed as a soloist at the Joie de vivre chamber music festival and is involved in selected chamber music projects.
Martha Harreiter made her opera debut with Jacques Offenbach's ‘La vie parisienne’ at the Theater an der Rott in Germany. She sang and performed in a staged version of Carl Orff's ‘Carmina Burana’ and a revue on Jacques Offenbach (both at the Theater an der Rott). In 2017, she performed in the world premiere of Larry Coryell's opera Anna Karenina in Kaluga with the Russian Philharmonic Orchestra. Most recently, Martha Harreiter appeared on the opera stage of the Neuburger Kammeroper (Neuburg, Germany) in 2024, where she took on the role of Baroness Galeotti in Luigi Ricci's comedy ‘Chi dura vince’ (A Horse's Cure).
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Born in Graz, she first studied at the Mozarteum Salzburg and with Christa Ratzenböck at the Bruckner University in Linz. She then studied with Rannveig Braga-Postl and Tanya Aspelmeier at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. Since 2018, she has been working with Julie Kaufmann in Berlin. Martha Harreiter has attended numerous masterclasses with Thomas Hampson, Wolfgang Holzmair, Graham Johnson, Emma Kirkby and Helene Schneiderman amongst others. In 2022, she participated in the Margreet Honig Summer Academy. Also, she continued her training in historical performance practice with M.C. Kiehr (baroque singing), Stefan Gottfried and KS Michael Schade.
Martha Harreiter completed her studies in instrumental/vocal pedagogy at the University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna. For many years, she was a scholarship holder of the private foundation ‘Vita Activa’ and sang numerous concerts in retirement homes and nursing homes in Vienna.
Martha Harreiter completed her studies in Law, holds a diploma as a mediator and a postgraduate Master's degree in Labour Law. With Konsens.Kultur, she dedicates herself to the field of communication and conflict resolution, including in the arts and culture sector.
To unwind, she enjoys spending her free time in nature and with her family. She also loves the poems of R.M. Rilke – preferably reading them on a summer day under a large, shady tree.
Status: 2025/26